Multimedia Fundamentals Vol 1 Media Coding And Content Processing

The book, Multimedia Fundamentals presents in a logical manner the fundamentals of multimedia and its devices. It introduces students to the basic characteristics of digital audio, images, video, graphics and animation. Thoroughly updated, the text incorporates the latest techniques, compression and coding technologies and industry standards. It includes up-to-date coverage of audio concepts and representation techniques, sound perception, psychoacoustics, MIDI, speech signals, and related I/O and transmission issues. Demonstrates powerful new approaches to content analysis and compression. With plenty of realistic examples and projects, the text makes the concepts and techniques of the course motivating.